The Case/Deaton study on life expectancy in the US misses the true causes - Vox

The big divide on premature death isn’t between college grads and non-grads. It’s between high school dropouts and everyone else.

Future Perfect What a striking new study of death in America misses The big divide on premature death isn’t between college grads and non-grads. It’s between high school dropouts and everyone else. by Dylan Matthews Oct 4, 2023, 11:00 AM UTC Maryland Cremation Services transporter Morgan Dean-McMillan gently moves the remains of a Covid victim onto a stretcher in a morgue in May 2020, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Dylan Matthews was a senior correspondent and head writer for Vox’s Future Perfect section. He is particularly interested in global health and pandemic pr

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